Open any design catalog and you'll find an image of a bar cart. Whether it be gold, platinum, copper, or industrial metal, bar carts add both functionality and beauty to a space. Which is exactly why I'm always on the lookout for small tables that can be transformed into bar carts or tables (since carts technically have wheels and are mobile).
The best options are those that have multiple open shelves so the glassware and bottles are easily accessible. Baby changing tables work perfectly and ...
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This Week’s Furniture Finds
I've been very lucky this season to come across so many large, functional, clean dressers, buffets, and media consoles. It makes me even happier when I come across a matching pair - even when each piece turns up 2 months apart!
Remember this antique dresser I refinished a few weeks ago (left)? Well, this week I came across an almost identical antique dresser (right). It appears that the size of the top three drawers is just a bit different; but wouldn't they make perfect his & hers ...
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How I Made $286 This Week By Tidying Up
Yesterday I made $286 just by tidying up my house. Sorting through the clutter we can live without is an incredibly easy way to put money back in your pocket. Here's how I made $286 just this week and I'm not nearly done.
CONSIGNING
Refinishing furniture means I often have a stock of several smaller pieces of furniture. I usually keep them around for a while to pair them with larger pieces and make a set. I've put together entire bedroom and dining sets this way.
Last month I took ...
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Gluten-Free, Grain-Free Whoopie Pies
In my last post I told you how eating gluten-free or even a low gluten diet can help eliminate your seasonal allergies. Today, I'm sharing one of my favorite gluten-free dessert recipes… gluten-free, grain-free whoopie pies.
Chocolate Cake Ingredients:
1/4 cup unsalted butter or shortening
2 tbsp. coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1-1/2 cups almond flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. ...
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Eliminate Allergies by Eating Less Gluten
Do you get Spring allergies? Have they gotten worse the older you get? Would you like them to magically go away without the use of medicines? Going gluten-free or even reducing the gluten in your diet could prevent your seasonal allergies from ever flaring up.
I actually suffered from terrible Spring allergies after having my three children. The older I got, the worse my allergies became. Then one day everything changed for me.
Back in January 2015, I joined a Facebook group that ...
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32 Ways to Make Extra Money
Whether you're a stay-at-home mom (or dad) or working part or full-time, you can probably use a little extra money to finish projects around the house, save for college or retirement, or maybe even for a well-needed vacation. I know it can be difficult to save when budgets are tight, so I've put together a list of 32 realistic jobs that just about anyone can do to bring in extra money.
It's always been important to me to be available to my kids while they're still young and living at ...
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Blonde Maple Dresser
Happy Monday! I love Mondays! Monday's are my most productive day of the week. I wake up early and usually have the beds made, the laundry started, the dishwasher cleaned out, and house vacuumed all by 8:30 in the morning - and all before getting to work!
If you haven't read my 30-Minute Morning Clean Routine yet, I encourage you to get inspired and check it out.
As soon as the kids are out the door and off to school, I have to make the most of my Mondays. Monday's set the tone for the ...
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Finding Furniture to Refinish
I'm often asked where I get so many furniture pieces to refinish. As my business grows and changes, so too has my answer to this question; but let me provide you with some tips for finding furniture to refinish. Whether you plan to stain or paint, these search tips can help you find the right furniture pieces for your project.
My painting furniture began as somewhat of an accident. The very first dresser I painted when my husband and I purchased our first home was a complete disaster. ...
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Anniversary Gift Idea | A Custom Wood Sign
It's time to remember the happy. The people, the places, and the things that make us happy. This week was my parents' anniversary and it got me thinking about the amazing family environment they've created. I come from a family of five children and three of us live on the same street as our parents. Being near them all makes me happy, especially during the summer months.
Summertime in our family means pool time. It's the place where our family gets together at the end of almost every day ...
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How to Prep Furniture to Paint it White
The color white is clean. It's crisp. It's classic. It's versitile. It's also one of the most difficult colors with which to paint and that's why the right preparation is so important before you paint furniture white.
White dressers have always sold very quickly for me. They are classic and neutral. I just wish they were easy to paint. Believe it or not, white is actually one of the most difficult colors to paint over a previously-stained wood because the stain can still bleed-through ...
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Two White Rock Maple Dressers
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Hope you all have the kind of weekend plans that relax you and make you feel good. For so many, that means getting away to the beach or the lake. For our family, it means accomplishing projects!
It seems like our town becomes a ghost town every year on this weekend. Once, and only once, I planned a yard sale on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. I know better now.
For our family, a 3-day weekend means projects (and cookouts of course), but ...
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Blue Gray Rock Maple Hutch
Remember the rock maple sideboard and hutch that was covered in brown stain and plaster dust? Well… look at her now… all dressed up in layers of blue and gray.
Here's how the hutch looked when I brought it home. Brown and boring - except for all of that white plaster dust.
The sideboard was completely sanded down to the bare wood. The rock maple was in perfect condition. It sat for about a week in my workshop while I contemplated staining it; but I wasn't as ...
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